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LONDON: Five people, including three females and two males, were shot dead with the suspected gunman also found dead at the scene in Plymouth, southwest England, local police said on Friday after declaring a "critical incident". Devon…

KABUL: As the Taliban is gaining ground in Afghanistan by capturing many key cities in the country, the terror group is now forcing women to get married to its terrorists, a media report said on Thursday. Afghans are also witnessing the…

Thick smoke that held down winds and temperatures in the zone of the largest single wildfire in California history cleared Monday from scenic forestlands, allowing firefighting aircraft to rejoin the battle to contain the massive Dixie…

TOKYO: Tokyo awoke to a huge bill and soaring coronavirus cases on Monday after pulling off a mid-pandemic Olympics that at times looked impossible and had a mixed reception to the end. Olympic officials have been predictably bullish,…

WASHINGTON: With the United States recording its highest daily Covid case load in six months, a top public health official warned Sunday that the country is "failing." "We should not really have ever got to the place we are," Francis…

SAN FRANCISCO: Officials in northern California on Wednesday warned residents of two communities in the path of the raging Dixie fire to evacuate immediately as high winds whipped the flames onwards. Authorities issued the alerts to…

HONG KONG: Canada warned its citizens on Thursday that Hong Kong authorities can prevent people leaving the city under a new law that has raised fears of Chinese mainland-style exit bans. The law, granting the immigration chief powers to…

TAIPEI: Taiwan's Olympic medallists flew home to a grand welcome on Wednesday following a best-ever Games performance that has boosted pride on the island claimed by China and revived calls for it to compete under the name Taiwan. Four…

MIAMI: Despite a ban by Gov. Ron DeSantis, two Florida school districts have decided to require masks when children return to classrooms because of dramatic rises in coronavirus infections, with the state leading the country in…

CALIFORNIA: Four people were killed in a helicopter crash in California's Colusa county, the local sheriff's department said. The Robinson R66 helicopter crashed around 1:15 p.m. local time on Sunday (20:15 GMT) in a remote area of the…